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The Internet offers many opportunities to get involved and to interact with world events. I have gotten involved with three particular areas over the last few years: environmental action, political action, and world peace. |
| Once I discovered the sites listed below, a whole new world began to unfold for me. I now spend a part of almost every day pursuing the education opportunities and taking action online through these sites. I sincerely hope that you find these sites as inspiring and as useful as I have. |
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Environmental Action |
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Care2 - "Over eight million members who care 2 make a difference." |
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Environmental Defense Fund - " Environmental Defense is fighting to protect human health, restore our oceans and ecosystems, and curb global warming." |
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League of Conservation Voters - "The League of Conservation Voters' (LCV) mission is "... to advocate for sound environmental policies and to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt and implement such policies." |
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Natural Resources Defense Council - Their mission is "... to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends." |
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Nature Conservancy - "The Nature Conservancy's mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive." |
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Oceana - "Oceana campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Our teams of marine scientists, economists, lawyers and advocates win specific and concrete policy changes to reduce pollution and to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations, marine mammals and other sea life." |
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The Story of Stuff - "The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever." |
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Union of Concerned Scientists - "The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions." |
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Whale & Dolphin Conservation Society - "The global voice for the protection of whales, dolphins and their environment. |
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Wilderness Society - The Society's mission is to "Deliver to future generations an unspoiled legacy of wild places, with all the precious values they hold: Biological diversity; clean air and water; towering forests, rushing rivers, and sage-sweet, silent deserts." |
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American Civil Liberties Union - The ACLU works "... in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." |
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Amnesty International - Their mission is "... to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights." |
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Campaign for America's Future - "We are challenging the big money corporate agenda by encouraging Americans to speak up - to discuss and debate a new vision of an economy and a future that works for all of us." |
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Center for Public Integrity - "The mission of the Center for Public Integrity is to produce original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable." |
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Color of Money - The Color of Money Project is devoted to illustrating this unfortunate fact - how a tiny elite group of privileged donors is more equal than others, and how there are direct consequences for people’s lives, from the wages they earn and the taxes they pay, to the quality of the schools their children attend and the air they breathe. |
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Common Cause - "Common Cause is a nonpartisan citizens' organization whose goal is to ensure open, honest, accountable and effective government at the federal, state, and local levels." |
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Move On - "With over 3.3 million members across America – from carpenters to stay-at-home moms to business leaders – we work together to realize the progressive vision of our country’s founders. Move On is a service – a way for busy but concerned citizens to find their political voice in a system dominated by big money and big media." |
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National Priorities Project - The "National Priorities Project analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent." |
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Public Campaign - "If you're looking for real solutions to clean up the campaign finance mess in this country, you've come to the right place. We can show you what's wrong with the system and how you can help fix it." |
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True Majority - True Majority is a grassroots education and advocacy project dedicated to the values of compassion, charity and justice. |
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World Peace |
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Pathways to Peace - "Pathways To Peace is an international not-for-profit peace building, educational, and consulting organization." |
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United for Peace & Justice - "United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1300 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building." |
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World Peace Experiment - You are invited to participate in a worldwide experiment to create a peaceful planet. |
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World Peace Prayer Society - "People all over the world are joining together to bring peace to our hearts and our planet through the prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth." |
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World Puja - "WorldPuja was established in 1998 with the intent to use the power and global reach of the Internet for the expressed purpose of planetary healing. We offer free global web casts where people from around the world gather to pray for world peace." |
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